Posted on 02/24/2010 8:57:50 PM PST by aaronopine
Climate-Gate has certainly dealt a tremendous blow to the validity of the Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) theory, but some die-hard ignoramuses continue to assert it is true. Aside from outright reductio ad absurdum, AGW enthusiasts also frequently justify their belief using logical fallacies. I will cover a few of the more common logical fallacies (note that these are commonly used to defend many other ill-contrived ideas):
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good info
AGW is dying, just not quick enough.
OTOH an additional 20 years of study may make them(AGWers) appear
20% correct.But we need time , distance and perspective
to determine that.
btrl
This fellow makes good exposition of logical fallacies and seems to understand reason and logic then, alas, displays his own public school education. Renters of space from AGW have nothing to do with the theory or with the fallacies.
Thank you for catching my typo. Fixed.
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